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Poems  by  €vcrett  Stanley  Ifubbard 

Co  H.   lU.  D.,  sonnet 

Tpswicb  tnarsbes 
IHarsb  Ooldenrod 
Cbe  Old  Stone  lUall 
Cbe  marsb  Island  Cily 
Rain  in  may 

Pictures  and  desifins  by  Tlrtbur  ttlesley  Dow 

minter  landscape 

tnarsb  islands  and  creeks 

marsb  doldenrod 

Old  stone  wall  and  tansy 

Hed  lilies 

Cbe  marsbes,  from  Bayberry  f>ill»  enect  oi  ram 

Cover,  end  papers,  title  pa^e  an4  headings 


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Cbe  Poems 

Eastern  Tpswicb  is  preeminently  a  country  of  beautiful 
distances.  Cbe  peace  and  tranquillity  of  tbe  scenes  tbat 
prompted  tbe  following  verses  bave  toucbed  me  since 
cbildbood.  Even  beneatb  storms  and  bigb  winds  tbe 
marsbes  and  rolling  bills  seemed  to  me,  beyond  most 
landscapes,  to  lie  serene  and  uncbanged.  Cbe  nearby 
trees  migbt  rock  and  toss,  but  still  tbe  distance  would 
somebow  remind  me  of  an  impressive  buman  counte= 
nance,  immobile  and  introspective. 

Jls  to  tbe  composition  of  tbe  verses  T  will  only  say  tbat 
1  used  tbe  pen  more  witb  tbe  spirit  and  feeling  of  a  work= 
er  In  plastic  art  tban  as  a  man  of  letters.  Indeed,  tbese 
impressions  were  set  down  witb  but  small  tbougbt  for  tbe 
canons  of  literary  art;  and,  perbaps  it  will  be  well  to  add, 
witb  but  sligbt  knowledge  of  tbose  precepts. 

Everett  Stanley  l>ubbard 


Cbe  Pictures 

Salt  tnarsbes  set  about  witb  round^jopped  billSt  barberry 
bedges  along  old  stone  walls  tbat  climb  over  tbe  upland 
pastures,  grassy  spaces  patterned  witb  savin  and  bay= 
berry,  wild  apple  trees  in  tbe  tbickets,  wide  fields  of 
daisies  and  frost  flowers,  sbore  lines  of  goldenrod  and 
scarlet  lilies,  dark  marsb  islands,  far  and  near,  reflected 
in  creek  and  salt  pond,  baystacks  crowding  into  tbe 
borizon*s  perspective,  a  blue  line  of  sea  beyond  tbe  distant 
sand  bills;  sucb  is  tbe  familiar  Tpswicb  landscape,  varied 
by  season  and  sky  and  tide. 

tnr.  Iiubbard  and  T  were  boys  togetber  in  tbis  country 
of  tbe  marsbes,  and  bere  we  bave  studied  and  painted. 
For  tbis  reason  T  find  a  special  pleasure  in  making  tbese 
color  prints  to  accompany  bis  songs. 

Cbe  pictures,  designs,  and  lettering  of  titles  are  frankly 
tbe  imprint  of  tbe  kni!e=engraved  wood  block. 

Jlrtbur  mesley  Dow 


CO  B,  UJ.  D. 

Cbc  mar$be$  lie  in  softly  rippUd  white, 
Cbe  woodland  wears  a  dusky  violet  bue, 
JInd  JFIdamenticus  a  far  tbin  mystic  blue, 

lUbile  over  all  is  winter's  keen  crisp  lidbt; 

Hnd  silence,  save  at  intervals  a  slidbt 
Hnd  timid  rustling  of  tbe  grass  and  vines, 
Cbe  cawing  of  tbe  crows  among  tbe  Pines 

Hnd  ax  strokes  in  tbe  Cbicket  to  tbe  rigbt. 

Cike  one  wbo  offers  to  an  old-time  friend. 
In  otber  scenes,  a  sketcb  made  bastily 

Of  native  bills,  tbis  tbougbt  of  bome  T  send, 
Hnd  trust  it  dawns  on  you  familiarly. 

Ulbile  groping  idly  wbere  tbe  sbadows  blend 
T  found  it  face  to  wall  in  memory. 


'  Zhc  marshes  lie  in  softly  rippled  white, 
Che  woodland  wears  a  dusky  violet  hue," 


Ipswicb  niarsbcs 

l^autit  of  tbc  beroti  atid  tbe  rosemary's  bome, 
Cbe  marsbes  stretcb  to  eastward  till  tbe  sbeen 
Of  doldeti  sandbiHs  crests  tbe  sweeping  dreeti» 

Jind  winding  creeHs  reflect  tbe  azure  dome. 

$but  from  tbe  turmoil  of  tbe  ocean  waves, 
Jind  far  from  surge  of  life  in  busy  towns, 
Cbere  reigns  unbroken  'neatb  tbe  salty  downs 

Cbe  perfect  peace  of  dim  catbedral  naves. 


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"Che  marshes  stretch  to  eastward  till  the  sheen 
Of  aolden  sandhills  crests  the  sweeping  green" 


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niarsb  Goldcnrod 

Itlarsb  doldenrod  is  blooming  on 
Cbe  borders  of  tbe  dra$$y  sea, 

Cbrougb  autumn  bours  balcyon 
jRnd  fraudbt  witb  ibystic  propbeey; 

marsb  doldenrod  in  flowing  roods 
niong  tbe  foot  of  spur  and  dell, 

Ulbere  life  glides  by  in  deeper  moods 
Und  reveries  tban  tongue  can  tell. 

marsb  goldenrod  and  days  of  grace 
Dream  side  by  side  upon  tbe  sbore; 

Friend,  feign  witb  me  a  fleeting  space 
Cbat  strife  and  tempest  waUe  no  more. 


'marsh  doldenrod  in  glowing  roods 
Jllong  the  foot  of  spur  and  dell" 


Cbe  Old  Stone  lUall 

lUbere  shadows  rest,  wbere  summits  sbine, 
Cbe  wall  dips  low  and  curves  and  climbs, 

J1  repetition  in  eacb  line 
CiHe  old  immortal  rbymes* 

Cbe  bowlders  rest  among  tbe  reeds, 
Cbe  butterflies  above  tbem  dance, 

Cbroudb  all  tbe  tangle  of  tbe  weeds 
Cbe  sbattered  sunbeams  glance. 

Cbe  tansy  waves,  tbe  mulleins  nod, 

Cbe  succory's  forgotten  blue 
Between  tbe  rocUs  and  goldenrod 

Repeats  tbe  beaven*s  bue. 

It  is  tbe  sguirreFs  safe  bigbway 
lUbere  evermore  tbe  sparrow  sings, 

lUbile  on  its  stones  tbe  licbens  gray 
Outlive  a  line  of  kings. 


'  Ulbere  shadows  rest,  where  summits  shine, 
Che  wall  dips  low  and  curves  and  climbs," 


Cbc  tnarsb  Island  Cily 

In  sylvan  solitude  tbc  Illy  waves, 
Cbe  scarlet  lily  of  marsb  island  birtb. 

$be  envies  not  tbe  royal  rose,  nor  craves 
Cbe  pride  of  eartb. 

For  sbe  is  <tueen  of  nature's  fugitives, 
Hll  careless  of  tbe  garden's  brilliance  blent. 

Patrician  of  tbe  wildwood  bere  sbe  lives, 
nnd  Is  content. 


'Tn  sylvan  solitude  (he  lily  waves, 
Che  scarlet  lily  of.  marsh  island  birth. 


Rain  in  may 

Blossoms  ana  young  leaves  gently  rock  and  sleep 
lUitbin  tbe  cradle  of  tbe  dying  breeze, 

JInd  silvery  creeks  along  tbe  meadows  creep, 
Beyond  tbe  snowy  crests  of  apple  trees. 

jfind  like  tbe  first  faint  ecboes  of  a  flute. 
Is  beard  tbe  wbispered  sweep  and  gusb  of  rain, 

lUbile  purple  mists  like  bloom  on  tender  fruit, 
JSre  clinging  to  tbe  valleys  and  tbe  plain. 


'JInd  silvery  creeks  along  the  meadows  creep. 
Beyond  the  snowy  crests  of  apple  trees." 


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